{"id":490,"date":"2009-01-18T22:57:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T03:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/?p=490"},"modified":"2009-02-24T20:35:14","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T01:35:14","slug":"quotes-from-thomas-jefferson-that-apply-to-our-lives-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/quotes-from-thomas-jefferson-that-apply-to-our-lives-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes from Thomas Jefferson that apply to our lives today."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-679\" title=\"pic00041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/pic00041.jpg\" alt=\"pic00041\" width=\"516\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/pic00041.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/pic00041-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>***Was Thomas Jefferson a Prophet Too?<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jefferson in some cases\u00a0could be called a prophet.<\/p>\n<p>When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,<br \/>\nwe shall become as corrupt as Europe.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those<br \/>\nwho are willing to work and give to those who would not.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.<br \/>\nA principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the<br \/>\ngovernment from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense<br \/>\nof taking care of them.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results<br \/>\nfrom too much government.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear<br \/>\narms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of<br \/>\npatriots and tyrants.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which<br \/>\nhe disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>In light of the present financial crisis, it&#8217;s \u00a0interesting to read what Thomas<br \/>\nJefferson said in\u00a01802:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I believe that banking institutions are\u00a0more dangerous to our liberties\u00a0than<br \/>\nstanding armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control<br \/>\nthe issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and<br \/>\ncorporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all<br \/>\nproperty until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers<br \/>\nconquered.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***Was Thomas Jefferson a Prophet Too? Thomas Jefferson in some cases\u00a0could be called a prophet. When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[75,455,64],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truth","tag-banks","tag-prophecies","tag-thomas-jefferson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majik.org\/cruxenrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}